SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: Bowling Green Carter Park will be the site of a men's USSSA softball tournament for D and E teams on Aug. 17. Entry fee is $135. Contact: Tim Dunn at tdunnbb@yahoo.com or 419-409-1942.

TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAM: The Bowling Green Blast travel baseball team is seeking players for a 10u team for the 2014 season. Tryout to be held Sunday at 5 p.m. at Carter Park in BG. Information: Eric Jicha at 419-343-8850.

SPORTLIGHT

Aug. 8

1902–The United States, led by William Larned, beats Britain three matches to two to capture the Davis Cup.

1903–Britain wins the Davis Cup by beating the United States 4-1.

1936–At the Berlin Olympics, the United States finishes 1-2-3 in the men's decathlon. Glenn Morris sets a world record with 7,900 points, followed by Robert Clark and Jack Parker.

1981–Shiaway St. Pat, driven by Ray Remmen, wins the first Hambletonian Stakes run at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. in four heats.

1984–Carl Lewis sets the Olympic record in the 200 meters with a 19.80 clocking.

1987–Mack Lobell, driven by John Campbell, wins the Hambletonian in straight heats with a record-smashing performance. Mack Lobell wins the second heat, and the race, by 6u188? lengths over Napoletano in 1:53 3-5, a fifth of a second off the world all-age trotting record set by Prakas in 1985.

1992–The Dream Team picks up its gold medal and Carl Lewis anchors a world-record 400-meter relay, winning his eighth gold medal in three Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beats Croatia 117-85, with the 32-point margin of victory the smallest of the Games.

2010–Los Angeles Sparks forward Tina Thompson scores 23 points to become the WNBA's all-time scoring leader in a 92-83 loss to the San Antonio Silver Stars. She surpasses Lisa Leslie's career total of 6,263 points. Thompson is the last of the original WNBA players.

2012–Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States become the first three-time gold medalists in Olympic beach volleyball history. The duo beat Jennifer Kessy and April Ross 21-16, 21-16 in the all-American final, extending their Olympic winning streak to 21 matches.

2012–Brittney Reese wins the long jump, becoming the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic long jump since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. Caster Semenya makes her Olympic debut three years after being forced to undergo gender tests, finishing second in her 800 heat.